“1. Perceived susceptibility: Subjective belief that a person may acquire a
disease or enter a harmful state as a result of a particular behavior.
2. Perceived severity: Belief in the extent of harm that can result from the
acquired disease or harmful state as a result of a particular behavior
3. Perceived benefits: Belief in the advantages of the methods suggested for
reducing the risk of seriousness of the disease or harmful state resulting from
a particular behavior.
4. Perceived barriers: Belief concerning actual and imagined costs of
performing the suggested behavior.
5. Self-efficacy: Confidence in one’s ability to acquire a new behavior [8].”